ADJECTIVE | VERB + MERCY | MERCY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤divine, infinite神的恩惠;無限的恩惠◇God's infinite mercy上帝無限的恩惠➤great極大的慈悲➤tender溫柔的憐憫◇I left him to the tender mercies of his mother.我就任由他媽媽收拾他了。VERB + MERCY➤ask for, beg for, plead for, scream for請求寬恕;乞求寬恕;懇求寬恕;高聲求饒➤deserve值得寬恕➤obtain, receive獲得/得到寬恕▸➤extend, give (sb), grant (sb), have, show (sb)發慈悲;憐憫(某人);(向某人)表現仁慈◇The mission of the church is to extend mercy to the needy.教會的使命就是對貧困的人施以慈悲。◇God have mercy on us!上帝對我們發發慈悲吧!◇They showed no mercy to their captives.他們對俘虜毫無憐憫之心。MERCY + NOUN➤dash, mission緊急救援;救援任務◇a mercy mission to deliver medical supplies and equipment運送醫療用品和設備的救助任務➤killing安樂死PREPOSITION➤at the mercy of任由⋯擺佈◇We're at the mercy of the weather.我們對天氣無能為力。➤without mercy殘忍;無情◇The terrorists are completely without mercy.恐怖分子毫無人性。➤mercy for對⋯的仁慈◇There shall be no mercy for my enemies.對我的敵人不會有任何慈悲。◇He asked for mercy for the crimes he had committed.他請求對他所犯的罪行給予寬恕。PHRASES➤be grateful for small mercies, be thankful for small mercies感激點滴恩惠;慶幸情況還不算太壞◇I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies.我覺得我們應該慶幸情況還不算太糟。